Ilwen: La tierra tiene olor a padre
Item
Title / Título (Original)
Ilwen: La tierra tiene olor a padre
Title
The Earth Smells of Father
Director
Release Date / Fecha de estreno
2013
Film Guide / Guía de película
Language / Idioma
Spanish / español
Indigenous / indígena
Country / País
Description / Descripción
A través de un retrato autoreferencial entre el realizador y su padre, el artista visual Francisco Huichaqueo reflexiona en torno a la naturaleza en la cosmovisión mapuche, como elemento central que la articula, cerrando el círculo entre él y su padre y su padre y la tierra. A partir de esta relación se evoca no solamente a la tranquilidad de la naturaleza, sino también su potencial destructivo y su regir cíclico. (Cineteca Nacional Chile)
Through a poetic language Francisco Huichaqueo, visual artist, paints a self-portrait with his father. This is the love story of a son and his father - both of Mapuche origin, and of the father towards the land. Through memories of a harsh economic reality he remembers the difficulties of his childhood and the distancing of his own father from the indigenous community they all belong to. His own affection for his children flourishes through his love of nature. This is his legacy. The images lured by the author's camera are witnesses and accomplices of that love. The garden patch is the place of bonding between parent and child as well as of self-affirmation of Mapu_Che (people of the earth) roots and beliefs. This work is cultivated between the memories of discrimination, deprivation and distress, but also in the amazed contemplation of the beauty and wonders of nature in the southern paradise of the Mapuche Nation. (Film description on Vimeo)
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Cinematic Period / Periodo cinematográfico
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Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/338142354
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Citation
“Ilwen: La tierra tiene olor a padre,” Cinegogía, accessed April 21, 2025, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/894.